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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Norwegian and Danish Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2953
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

928
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1827
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hej
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

tacka dig
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

hur mår du
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

godnatt
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

god kväll
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

god morgon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

vänligen
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

ledsen
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

hej då
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

jag älskar dig
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Gabon
Laos

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Georgia
Laos

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Central Lao

Where They Speak

France
Laos

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

796
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

suédois
lao

German Name

Schwedisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Lao people

History

Origin

13th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Tai

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Lao

Language Position

8943
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
lao

ISO 639 2/B

swe
lao

ISO 639 3

swe
lao

ISO 639 6

swe
lao

Glottocode

swed1254
laoo1244

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Swedish and Lao Alphabets

Swedish and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Lao. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Swedish and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Lao languages. The Swedish phonology consist Swedish vowels and Swedish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swedish greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swedish and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swedish and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swedish and Lao Speaking population

Swedish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swedish and Lao on Swedish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Lao Language Codes

Swedish and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.